Archive of all analysis and features articles – Page 15
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How to capitalise on the cognitive health category
The key drivers propelling interest in brain health supporting food and drink are plant-based nootropics, the gut-brain axis, and on-the-go delivery formats
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Are companies’ carbon neutral claims just hot air?
As reports question the good that carbon offsetting achieves, companies and certification schemes are scrabbling to clarify or abandon their claims. So what’s the future for ‘carbon neutral’?
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Sugar prices have soared. Here’s why they’re likely to rise further
Poor weather has hit supply, with more dry conditions expected
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Why is the plastic tax not delivering what was promised?
The ‘world-leading’ tax has raked in way more than expected – though from fewer companies – and with none of it ringfenced for recycling
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How do Sainsbury’s Nectar Prices stack up against Tesco’s Clubcard?
How do the schemes match up on prices and breadth of offer?
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How crime-hit supermarkets are turning into fortresses
Whether it’s TikTok mobs, a cash-strapped populace, or organised crime gangs, retail theft is on the rise. Stores are fighting back with a combination of new staff training techniques and high-tech solutions
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The unsettling link between climate change and the price of pasta
The commodity surged on the back of the Ukraine war. Now American and European crops are suffering from heatwaves and drought
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Can Enough save the reputation of plant-based alt meats?
The food tech business plans to produce masses of mycoprotein
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What is Liquid Death and is it about to take the UK by storm?
Liquid Death is well on the way to reaching cult-like status, but where did it come from and why has it become so popular?
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How Defra’s omnishambles has plumbed new depths
In scenes straight out of TV’s The Thick of It, Defra has seen IT and infrastructure woes, repeated policy failures and a revolving door of ministers. What happened and can the department recover?
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How big can M&S get in food – and how will it get there?
M&S Food aims to grow its market share by one percentage point, to about 4.5%. But could new stores, Ocado and ‘trusted value’ take it further?
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Is the low & no beer category hitting a saturation point?
Freestar’s wind-down has cast a cloud over the category’s future.
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Seven meat alternative brands that couldn’t stand the heat
It’s been a tough couple of years for meat-free brands, and it’s all come to a head in the last few months
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How Canalside grew from fruit farm to award-winning Staffordshire farm shop
From its origins 40 years ago as a roadside shed, Canalside Farm has become a thriving retail, dining and events operation, which was recognised in the 2023 Farm Shop & Deli Retailer Awards. Taking its name from the nearby Trent & Mersey Canal, the business was founded by Chris and ...
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How discounters are getting away with copycatting food brands
How are discounters getting away with copying brands – and will a looming legal case put an end to the imitation?
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Could a new palm oil alternative help save the planet?
Clean Food Group says its alternative is ‘sustainable and scalable’
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Eight ways retail sector will change, according to the RSC
From discounter proliferation to online failures and less tax for the Treasury, how the Retail Sector Council sees the industry’s near future
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Danfoss’s Smart Store: inside the world’s greenest grocer
A new ‘smart’ supermarket in Denmark is taking sustainability to the next level by reimagining what energy efficiency in retail could look like in the near future
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10 activists making grocery a better industry for the LGBTQ+ community
From managers who have improved workplace culture to LGBTQ+ role models, we shine a light on those increasing visibility and inclusivity in the fmcg industry
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How did high street favourite Wilko come to collapse?
Suppliers and experts say the discounter was hobbled by inconsistent leadership, weak store locations and having ‘no strategy whatsoever’